How to Make Foaming Dish Soap! (It Works!)

You’ll love saving money by using this brilliant tip for How to Make Foaming Dish Soap!

Then… save even more money when you try this fabulously frugal Foaming Hand Soap Trick!

Dawn dish soap and Dawn dishwashing foam.

How to Make Foaming Dish Soap

I’ve got a Genius Kitchen Tip that will make you look so clever! How to Make Foaming Dish Soap using liquid soap!

Crystal writes: "Works perfectly! So simple to gently mix and use scented dishwashing liquid I already had at home. Literally less than a nickel to make!"

If you love saving money on things you use everyday, you’re really going to love this foaming dish soap.

Using this method for making foaming dish soap will allow one bottle of dish soap to last so much longer. That also means you won’t be shopping for dish soap very often.

Cha-ching! That’s the sound of you saving money on dish soap!

Making your own Homemade Cleaners, including this foaming soap, is always smart. Not only will you almost always save a bunch of money, but you’ll also know exactly what goes into the cleaners you use everyday.

I have personally used this foaming soap hack for years and highly recommend it.

Trust me, you really need to give this DIY Foaming Dish Soap Refill a try.

Sometimes it’s shocking how easy it is to save money!! 🙂

Here’s what you need to do…

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Can You Turn Dish Soap Into Foaming Soap?

Yes, you sure can! Foaming dish soap is simply full strength dish soap + water, placed into a foaming soap dispenser.

I told you it was EASY! 🙂

Foaming Dish Soap Supplies Needed

Empty, Clean Foaming Soap Dispenser (you can even use old Bath & Body Works bottles)
Liquid Dish Soap
Water

Foaming Dish Soap Ratio

To make your foaming dish soap refill, you’ll want to use a 4:1 ratio.

So that will be 4 parts water to 1 part dish soap.

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Foaming Dish Soap Reviews

What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Foaming Dish Soap Detergent…

Cheryl writes: “I use this all the time. Saving lots of money.”

Crystal writes: “Works perfectly! So simple to gently mix and use scented dishwashing liquid I already had at home. Literally less than a nickel to make!”

Helen writes: “Ive been doing this for years!!!”

Jill writes: “Worked great!”

Teresa writes: “I have done this for years… I buy Dawn by the gallon at Costco, then the foaming dish soap is super cheap that way!!”

Jenine writes: “I will never buy foaming soap again. This is perfect. So many options now”

Nacha writes: “I am so grateful for this quick fix for foaming dish soap! Now that I am an empty nester I never have more than a couple of dirty dishes. This “recipe” is perfect!”

How to Make Foaming Dish Soap (DIY Refill Hack)

Fill your clean and empty foaming soap dispenser 1/5 of the way up with dish soap. )I use Dawn Blue dish soap)
Then slowly fill your dispenser up the rest of the way with water.
Screw on the lid, and tilt slowly from side to side to combine the mixture.

Thanks to frugal friend Tammy for sharing this great tip!

Tammy writes: “I bought a Dawn Direct Foam pump for my dish washing soap a long time ago. Now I just purchase regular dish soap with my coupons and sales (usually free), and then refill it!

Just fill the direct foam bottle 20% of the way with soap then the other 80% with water. Then, stir it very gently so you don’t make bubbles in the bottle. It seriously stretches the life of my dish soap!!”

Now… I put this to the test, and guess what… I absolutely love it!

I’ve made it over and over and over again… and it’s the only thing I use for hand washing my dishes now! I like to buy the Dawn dish soap in bulk at Sam’s Club and stock up when it’s on sale.

Then I make a new batch whenever mine runs out… and it costs just pennies!

It’s just like my favorite trick for making Homemade Foaming Hand Soap! You’ll definitely want to try making some of that, too!

So just trust me… you really need to give this foaming dish soap DIY a try. It’s such a simple way to save so much money on dish soap, and it works great!

I’ve personally found that simple tips like this foaming dish soap tip are some of the easiest tips to use consistently.

It’s just a matter of having an empty foaming pump bottle available to use!

Now sometimes I’ve found that the pump on the dish soap dispenser will wear out after a few years of use.

To replace it, you can either purchase another Dawn Foam Pump or just use your leftover foaming hand soap pump dispensers from Bath and Body Works!

So wasn’t that easy?

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50 Comments

Helena Killins says:

December 26, 2011 at 11:45 am

Try adding the WATER first, then the soap..

1. Sondra says:
  
  December 26, 2011 at 12:53 pm
  
  Glad you said that. Knowing me I would have put the soap in first.
  
Christine says:

September 10, 2011 at 11:42 am

I used to spend all that money on the pre-made foaming soap but this has proved to be just as good for a FRACTION of the price. I mixed 6tbsp. of cheap Sun soap and let warm water go in real slow down the inside of the bottle. I stirred it really slow a few times with a skewer stick to ensure there were no bubbles forming on the inside. Put the lid on & pumped it and voila worked perfectly! Thanks for the perfect ratio of soap to water!

1. Robin Sterkowitz says:
  
  October 1, 2014 at 8:48 am
  
  After I put in soap and water, I just screw the top and shake or turn over and over until I see thick clumps dissolve. It doesn’t take long and it doesn’t make bubbles. You have to leave a 1/2 inch of air on top so it doesn’t clog the pump.
  
shari says:

June 17, 2011 at 5:51 am

i bought a bottle and it says that you can’t use anything except the dawn direct foam, because it won’t sudz, or whatever…. has anyone had problems? it seems like they’re just trying to keep people buying their stuff.

1. Diane S says:
  
  October 27, 2012 at 8:18 pm
  
  That’s exactly why they say that. They want you to buy THEIR refills.
  
  1. mel G says:
    
    November 7, 2012 at 12:19 pm
    
    yeah, except very few store stock the refills. I live in Seattle, the known universe of recyclers and re-users, and I haven’t been able to find the refills. I’m not a ‘granola cruncher’, but even I find it wasteful to buy those small pump bottles every time…and expensive. yes, I can order online but that’s an added expense there and wasteful, again, in packaging and delivery.
    
    1. Judy E says:
      
      January 27, 2014 at 10:43 am
      
      WalMart has the Dawn pump refills. They’re right next to the regular Dawn here in our stores. For yrs I’ve been buying the refills–it will fill the pump about 2 1/2 times. I always end up buying a new pump after that however, because the pump bottle–even with washing–starts to look pretty ratty. I’m trying this suggestion today. Hoping for great results. Thanks for the tips, y’all! 👍
      
2. BERNIE MONTAG says:
  
  March 10, 2016 at 10:14 pm
  
  Why would anyone want to use any other brand….I use only Dawn because it is the the best and can be used in many ways for many things. Cuts through grease and oil very well, and it is used on animals and birds.
  
Amy says:

March 17, 2011 at 3:53 am

I discovered that a while ago myself. It is amazing isn’t it! My kids use it to wash their hands with.

Melia says:

March 15, 2011 at 2:55 pm

I have a pump, that my husband got for free for buying another cleaning product, that he used a coupon for as well… I am now going to stop using my open soap so I can use the pump up, and than use this frugal tip. Thanks for sharing.

Allie says:

March 15, 2011 at 11:28 am

That is awesome! I just bought reg soap because I couldnt find the direct foam…now I dont need to! 🙂

ashley says:

March 15, 2011 at 9:46 am

thanks for posting this…i just bought one of the pumps because i saw on a blog where you can paint it with plastic paint and put a monogram on it..i knew you could not put full strenght soap but did not know how i should mix it… YAY!

Kerry says:

March 15, 2011 at 9:40 am

Thanks for this super tip! 🙂 Our dishwasher broke, which was a blessing because our energy bill is WAY less. Since it broke I’ve been trying to make my dish soap stretch by adding water to it…..but this is some serious stretching! 🙂 Super excited to give it a try!

Alicia says:

March 15, 2011 at 9:36 am

I have been doing this for a long time and it does stretch the life of the dish soap. I have a bottle just like the Dawn Direct Foam bottle, and I usually fill up around or less than half an inch of soap, and the rest is water. It is so cheap and frugal.

Beth says:

March 15, 2011 at 5:38 am

This also works with hand soap

1. Yvonne says:
  
  December 26, 2011 at 2:48 pm
  
  You can also do this w/the foaming hand soap from Bath N Body. Fill ithe bottle about 1/3 or slightly less w/any type of handsoap & then almost to the top w/water. Mix gently & ta-da! Cheap…really cheap foaming hand soap!